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<h2>VENUS AND THE CAT</h2>
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<p>A <span class="picturedef cat">cat</span>
 fell in <span class="picturedef love">love</span>
 with a handsome <span class="picturedef young">young</span>
 <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
, and begged the
goddess <span class="picturedef venus">venus</span>
 to change her into a <span class="picturedef woman">woman</span>
. <span class="picturedef venus">venus</span>
 was very gracious
about it, and changed her at once into a beautiful maiden, whom the
<span class="picturedef young">young</span>
 <span class="picturedef man">man</span>
 fell in <span class="picturedef love">love</span>
 with at first sight and <span class="picturedef short">shortly</span>
 afterwards
married. One day <span class="picturedef venus">venus</span>
 thought she would <span class="picturedef like">like</span>
 to see whether the
<span class="picturedef cat">cat</span>
 had changed her habits as <span class="picturedef well">well</span>
 as her form; so she let a <span class="picturedef mouse">mouse</span>

<span class="picturedef run">run</span>
 <span class="picturedef loose">loose</span>
 in the room where they were. Forgetting everything, the
<span class="picturedef young">young</span>
 <span class="picturedef woman">woman</span>
 had no sooner seen the <span class="picturedef mouse">mouse</span>
 than <span class="picturedef up">up</span>
 she <span class="picturedef jump">jumped</span>
 and was
after it <span class="picturedef like">like</span>
 a shot: at which the goddess was so <span class="picturedef disgust">disgusted</span>
 that
she changed her <span class="picturedef back">back</span>
 again into a <span class="picturedef cat">cat</span>
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